### UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION6 1445 ROSS AVENUE , SUITE 1200 DALLAS TX 75202-2733



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[An original letter to be sent to the attached list of Tribal Leaders with cc's to Environmental Directors]
Re: OtTer ofTribal Consultation and Solicitation of Comments on Revision to the State of Oklahoma Implementation Plan for Excess Emis sions Reporting Requirements Rule Dear: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , Region 6 is in the process of proposing a federal Clean Air Act rulemaking action regarding proposed r evisions to the Oklahoma State Implementation P lan (SIP) submitted to the EPA in July 2010
. The proposed STP revisions concem excess emission reporting r equirements and establish limited affinnative defenses which may be asserted by an owner or operator who reports emissions that exceed allowable or applicable emission limits. The EPA's action will not directly establish any new requirements, but it 

### will determine whether the State' s provisions regarding excess emissions are approvable under the Clean Air Act and whether the State must take action to co rrect 

## any d eficiencies. Although the EPA's proposed action will not apply to air emissions sources located in Indian country, we would like to inform you of this proposed action and offer the opportunity to engage in government to government consultation. According to the terms of a consent decree , the EPA Region 6 is required to sign the notice ofproposed rulemaking by August 30, 20 13. Soon after, the proposal will be published in the Federal Register and is subject to a 30-day public comment period. In addition to the Tribal consultation, the EPA will also respond to relevant comments received during the public comment period, as a part of its final action. The EPA is avail able for consultation from the date of this letter through the end of the public comment period
. We have established an e lectronic docket with the identification number " EPA- R06-0AR- 20 1 0-0652 " for this particular proposal which will be ;:wailable on line at www.regulations.gov. The docket will contain add itional information relevant to this rulemaking action , and it will be accessible to the public on and after the date of publication of the proposal in the Federa l Register. Comments on the proposed ru lemaking may be submitted online at the web address and docket number provided above. At this time, we do not know the exact publication date of the proposal in the Federal Register; however, such rulemaking actions are normally published approximately two weeks after their signature date. We will keep you updated as this inf ormation becomes available
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### If yo u would like to request government to government consultation, please contact me at (2 14) 665- 7200, or Ms. Jeannine Hale , Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs Director, at (2 14) 665- 2 1 36, or at haJe.jeannine @epa.gov. For technical questions or concerns about this rulemaking action, your staff may contact Mr. Guy Donaldson, of my staff, at (214) 665-7242. For questions about the consultation and coordination process, your staff may contact Ms. Christina Kracher of Ms. Hale 's staff at (214) 665-8054. Sincerely ,

Wren Stenger Director Multimedia Planning

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## OKLAHOMA H onorab l e George Blanchard, Governor Ken Jones , Environmental D i rector Absentee-Shaw nee Tribe of Indians o f Office of Envi ronmental Protection Okl ahoma 2025 So uth Gord on Cooper Dr Shawnee, OK 74801-9381 Honorable Tarp i e Yargee, Chief Bernadette Whitetree , Env

. Coordinator Alabama-Quassarte Tri ba l Town Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town P. 

### 0. Box 187 Environmental Departme nt Wetumka, OK 74883 Phillip Wetselline , Acting Chairman Ernie Redbird , Environmental Directo r Apache Tribe o f Oklah oma Apache Tribe Environmental Program P

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. Box 1330 Anadarko, OK 73 005



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. Edwards , Chairperson Polly Edwards , Environmental Director Caddo Nation o f Oklahoma Caddo Nation EPA P

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. Box487 Bi nger , OK 730 09 Hono rable Bill Joh n Baker, Principal Chil3f Nan cy John , Environmental D ir ecto r Cherokee Natio n Office of Environmental Health P

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. Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465 Hono rab l e Janice Boswell , Governor Frank Hensley , Environmental Director Cheyenne and A rapaho Tribes , Oklahoma P

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. Box 38 Concho, OK 73022 H onora ble Bill Anoatubby, Governor Linda Robins , Director of Environmental Chickasaw Nat ion Services P.O. Box 1548 Chickasaw Nation Environm enta l Se rvi ces Ada , OK 7482 1 -1548 P .O. Box 788 Ada , OK 74821 -0 788 Honorab l e Gregory E. Pyle , Chief Melissa Robinson , Envi ronme ntal Director Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Environmental Office P

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. Box 909 Durant, OK 74 70 2-1210 Hugo , OK 74743
Honorable J oh n A. Barrett, Chairman Arthur Muller, Environmental Director Citizen Potawato mi Nation 1601 S Gordon Cooper Dr Shawnee , OK 7480 1 H onorable W a llace C offey , Cha i rm an Bri an Stillwell , E nvironmental Director Comanch e Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 908 Lawton, OK 735 0 2CJ Watkins - President Kellie Poolaw, D i rector De laware N at ion {West) Delaware Natio n of Oklahoma P.O. Box 82 5 Anadarko , OK 7300 5 Honorable P a ula Pechonick, Chief Jimmie Johnson, Environmental Prog

. Di rector De laware Tri be of I ndians 170 NE Barbara Bartlesvi lle, O K 74006 Honorable G l enn a J. Wallace , Chief Roxane Weldon Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Environmental Director P.O. Box 350 Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Seneca, MO 6 4 865 69725 E

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. Wyandotte, OK 74370 Honorab l e Jeff H aozous , Cha i rperson Jennifer M

. Heminokeky , Environ mental Director Fort S ill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Fort Sill Apache T ribe Environmental Route 2, Box 121 Department Apache, OK 73 507 Honorable Ja n i c e Rowe-Kurak , Chairman Phillip Cravatt MSc, Environmental Director Iowa Tri be of Okl ahoma 

### R.R. 1 , Box 721 Perkins , OK 74059 Honorable Guy Munroe, Chairperson Dr

. Dejene Alemayehu, Environmental Director Kaw Nation Drawer 50 Kaw City , OK 7 4641 Honorable Jeremiah Hobia Sara Aultman , Environmental Coordinator Triba l Town Me kko Kialegee Environmental Department Kialegee Tri bal Town 108 N. Main P.O. Box 332 P

. O. Box 146 Wetumka , OK 74883 Wetumka, Ok 74883
Honorable G ilb ert Sa l azar , Cha i rman Darren Shields , Environmental Director Kickapoo T rib e of Oklahoma Department of Environmental Programs P.O

. Box 70 Mcloud, OK 74851 Honorable Am b e r Toppah , Chairman Curtis Munoz, Environmental Director Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma K iowa Tribe En viro nmental Program P.O. Box 36 9 P

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. Box 30 , Carnegie , OK 73015 Carnegie , OK 7301 5 Honorable Thom as Gamble, Chief Heather Webb, Enviro n mental Director Miami T ribe of Okla homa Environmental Management Division P.O. Box 132 6 Miam i, OK 743 55-1326 Honorable Bil l G

. Follis, Ch i ef Wes Davis, Environmental DirectorModoc Tribe of Oklahoma Modoc Office of Environmental Quality (OEQ) 418 G Street SE 220 D Street NE Miami, OK 7 4354- 8224 Miami , OK 74 354 - 8224
Honorable George Tiger, Principal Chief Del Beaver, Enviro nmental Director Muscog ee (Creek) Nation Muscogee (C reek) Nat ion Environmental P

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. Box 580 Services Okmulgee, OK 74447 Honorable John Red Eag l e, Principal Chiief J a nn Jones , Environmental Director Osage Nat ion Osage Nation Environ me nta l and T r ibal Admi n ist rat ion Bu i lding, P. 

### 0. Box 779 Natural Res o urces Department Pawhuska , O K 74056 100 W

. Main , Suite 304, Pawhuska , OK 74056 Honorable Jo h n R. Shotton, Chairman Angela Heim, Envi ronmental Coordinator Otoe-M issouria Tri be of Oklahoma Otoe-Missouria Environmental Department 8151 Highway 177 Red Rock, OK 74651 Ethel E. Cook , Chief Ch e ryl Stafford, Environmenta l Director Ottawa Tri be of Oklahoma P

. O. Box 110 Miami, OK 74355 Honorable Mars h all Gover, President Monty Matlock, Tri bal EPA Director Pawnee Nation of O k lahoma Pawnee Nati o n Department P

. O. Box 4 70 of Environmental Conservation and Safety Pawnee , OK 74058 Honorable Jo h n P

. Froman, Chief J i m D ixon , Environme ntal Coordinator Peoria Tribe of I ndians of Oklahoma Peoria Tribe Envi ronmental Department P.O. Box 1527 Miam i , OK 74355 Honorable Earl Howe Ill, Chairman Jesse Beck , Environmental Director Ponca Tribe of In dians of Oklahoma Office of Envi ronmental Management (OEM) 20 Wh ite Eagl e Drive Ponca City , O K 7460 1 Honorable J ohn 

### L. Berrey, Chai rman Tim Kent, Environmental D i rector Quapaw T ri be o f Oklahoma The Env i ronmental Office of the Quapaw Tribe P

. O. Box 765 of Oklahoma Quapaw , OK 74363 Honorable Ge orge Thurman , Pri ncipal Ch i ef Daniel Wind , Environmental Coordinator Sac & Fox Natio n Route 2 , Box 246 Stroud, OK 74079 Hono rable Leo n ard H arjo , Pri ncipal Chief Mickey Douglas, Environmenta l Director Seminole Nati on of Oklahoma Seminole Nation of Oklahoma P.O

. Box 1 4 98 12555 NS 3540 Wewoka, OK 74884 Sem in ole, O K 74868Hon o rabl e LeRoy Howard , Ch i ef Sherry Mead , Enviro nmental Prog ra ms Director Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma Seneca-Cayuga Tribe Environmental P.O. Box 1283 Department Miami, OK 74355 Human Resource Center 23701 S

. 655 Road , Hwy 10 Grove , OK 74344 Honorab l e Ron Sparkma n , Chairman Jodi Hayes, Environmental Director Shawnee Tribe Environment and N atural Resources Department 29 South Highway 69A Miami , OK 74354 Honorab l e George Scott, Mekko Emanuel Morgan, Environmental Director Thlopthlocco Triba l Town P

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. Box 1 88 Okemah , OK 74859 

### Honorable Donald Patterson, President Lenden Allen , Environmental Dire ctor Tonkawa Tribe o f India ns of Oklahoma 1 Rush Buffalo Road To n kawa , OK 7 4653

Honorable Geor g e W i ckl iffe , Chief Brandi Ross , Environmental Director Un ited Keetoo w a h Band of Cherokee Indians Natural Resources and Environmental of Oklahoma Department P

. O. Box 746 Tahlequah, OK 74465-0746 Ho n orab l e Terri Parton , President Jason Prince , Envi ronmental Director W i chita and Affi li ated Tribes P

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. Box 729 Anadarko, OK 73005 Honorable B i ll y Frie nd , Chief Christen Lee , Env ironmental Director Wyandotte Nation Wyandotte Nation Envi ro nmental Department 64790 East H igh way 60 Wyandotte, O K 74370